Shirlee McCoy

In Apple Valley, friends are always near, neighbors have no secrets even if they'd like to—and wishes have a way of coming true—from the USA Today–bestselling author.

Interior designer Tessa McKenzie has built a good life far from her Washington hometown. She intends to get back to it—as soon as she sells the cluttered Victorian house and antiques shop she inherited from her sister, Emily. But leaving...

In Benevolence, Washington, the Lamont family's delectable handmade chocolates are a precious tradition--and always a reason to return home. And for the most rebellious of the three Lamont sisters, they provide a chance to create a tempting new future, complete with delicious happiness… Neighbors always ready to help, a laid-back pace--former model Brenna Lamont needs everything that once made her leave her hometown. To help her pregnant sister...

Sullivan Bradshaw is in way over his head. A car crash killed his brother, Matthias, and critically injured his sister-in-law. It's Sullivan's turn to care for the couple's six children and the ancestral farm, but the die-hard bachelor and art professor is hardly family-man material. What he needs is the perfect nanny-miracle worker-saint. What he gets is pretty Rumer Truehart, a free spirit who will change everything he ever thought he wanted. Rumer...

"It's ex-Navy SEAL Porter Bradshaw's toughest challenge ever--six grieving nieces and nephews. With his brother, Matthias, killed in a car crash, and his sister-in-law, Sunday, hospitalized, Porter must take his turn looking after their children and the ancestral farm. He doesn't know much about parenting. Still, Porter is used to going it alone professionally--and personally. But warm-hearted teacher Clementine Warren is a complication he can't...

"Caring family and friends, tranquil streets--ex-prosecutor Willow Lamont wishes these could make her feel truly at home. She's back in Benevolence, Washington, to help her grandfather manage Chocolate Haven, a long-held dream come true. But she's struggling to make their unique fudge--and to cope with a secret trauma that haunts her. Yet when she finds an abandoned baby who breaks her heart wide open, she wonders how long she can hide her emotions--especially...

A collection of four holiday romances includes Fern Michaels' "Christmas Passed," in which Brandy Heyers, who still finds it hard to celebrate the holidays three years after her husband's death, meets a handsome widower.